http://www.google.com/newsalerts now offers a free ability to create a search for news items from over 4,500 different news sources, and have links to related stories e-mailed to one for free either once daily or as often as Google encounters a new relevant story. According to the Washington Post: "The service allows a great deal of customization, especially if you use Google News's advanced-search function to fine-tune a query."

Will this new free service make it unnecessary for us to subscribe to space-related news e-zines, etc.? Isn't it easier to filter what a searchbot sends out in hopes of finding useful content than it is to screen "coverage" from parasitic statist journalistic slanting? Â